It was odd enough to make me pull the car over and try to understand why the moon was rising in the west

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Perth, Western Australia. We watched the sunset over the ocean at 18:59 (AWST, +8) and noticed the alignment of the 3 briefly before Venus sunk below the horizon slowly followed by the other 2.

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I've recently been more interested in astronomy in terms of trying to figure out what I can see with the naked eye. I was really excited to have a clear night where I could see two bright objects near the moon. It was the first time I used a star mapping app (Star Walk in my case), and I was beaming to find out I was looking at Jupiter and Venus! How common is it to see formations like this so clearly? From what I've been seeing from others it seems quite rare given how many people were hyped about it on social media.

I don't know of a time they last aligned, but it should happen again in 2025. It's usually cloudy and light polluted where I live so it was a pleasant surprise to see constellations like orion out there